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The NCAA also provides “best practices” for athletic departments, which include advice for promoting mental health, suggestions for rehearsing a mental health emergency action plan, and ...
Cailin Bracken arrived at Vanderbilt to play lacrosse already well aware of the importance of athlete mental health. Bracken was overwhelmed by college life, especially when she had to isolate ...
Five student-athletes have died by suicide recently, putting the onus on the NCAA to better treat mental health among its athletes. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
In the past year, five student athletes have taken their own lives in part due to mental health challenges they were facing. [52] There are varying opinions on the best way to approach mental health issues within the student athlete community. Some believe that schools should provide mental health counselors available for student athletes.
To assess how athletics impact mental health, Charlie Health looked at the numbers, including data on the state of student-athlete mental health and rates of anxiety and depression among elite ...
Concerns over mental wellness has gripped college athletics in recent weeks after the deaths of three female student-athletes by suicide. Mental health resources for student-athletes becoming ...
Maryland head football coach Mike Locksley became a staunch advocate for athletes' mental health after the 2017 death of his son, who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and posthumously ...
Athletes for Hope was founded in 2007 by Muhammad Ali, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken Jr. [7] All of the founding athletes had already established their own foundations and created Athletes for Hope to support ...